Arthouse - what is it? Russian art house

If you briefly answer the question: "Arthouse - what is this?", Then this movie is not for everyone. These are tapes for intellectuals, for those people who are looking for a deep meaning in every phenomenon of life, for those who are philosophical, and also inclined towards romance.

There is, however, the so-called art house with elements. He is for fans of erotic movies, for example, and even with scenes of cruelty. To this group you can include thrillers, all kinds of "horror movies".

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"Movies are not for everyone," someone will say. "But Lenin also proclaimed that cinema is the most important of all arts for us."

All right. For a long time this genre of art was the most in demand. It has grown more than one generation. Yes, and now the largest box office make tape, designed for a mass audience. So people are not offended.

By the way, the term arthouse ("the house of arts") appeared in the USA in the early 40s of the last century. Then cinemas began to work, showing pre-war classics, filmed in Hollywood, foreign films, as well as local paintings created on the principles of independent production. Add here, and films for members of the ethnic minorities of America.

For the film distribution, such halls, where films were going that were not known for the broad masses of consumers, became a special niche. And today a similar situation exists in many countries.

You ask: "And from the standpoint of finance, arthouse - what is it?" Alas, these films do not have solid budgets. They usually cost less than $ 10 million. Do not shine and special effects. Consequently, there are no multimillion-dollar box office fees .

But it's not the profit that comes from the creators of "author's cinema" in the first place. The idea is to help viewers understand the world, to look at it with an extraordinary glance. This position causes the need to search for a new language, a different format for filming.

The plot is almost not important

The plot line in art house is, as a rule, in second place. Here "close-up" shows the inner world of the characters, their feelings, reasoning, conclusions. This is not the so-called Hollywood movie, not soap series, where the idea is simple and easy, the characters are simple and clear, the music is fun, the special effects are impressive. With all this, and the people are happy, and the creators of the next masterpiece, too.

Arthouse looks fundamentally different. And he has fans. They get a lot of emotions, sitting in their "niche." They start to think about life seriously and deeply, try to look at the world through the eyes of other people. They also want to become creators, only in their own, naturally, branches.

"Volchok" collected many awards

The creators of films are constantly in search of new expressive means. And resorting to non-standard solutions, the authors of the "other cinema" often make real discoveries in art.

Here is an example of Russian art house - the film "Volchok" directed by Vasily Sigarev (2009). The young woman returned from prison. It has a terrible brand of killer. She tries to forget about the past, wants to find personal happiness. At the same time, he does not pay any attention to the little daughter, whom she had never even seen before. And a lonely, abandoned child himself became like a wolf cub, playing with his favorite toy-top, which her mother almost accidentally gave her ...

This psychological drama won a lot of awards at Kinotavr (the best film, the best screenplay was Vasily Sigarev, the best female role was Yana Troyanova), the White Elephant prize in the Best Film nomination, as well as the first places at film festivals in Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Ukraine, as well as "Nika" for the best camerawork.

You can see for yourself: the best art house movies gourmet movie deliver true pleasure.

Piggy bank of genres

By the way, Russian art house is also a variety of genres. In the piggy bank of alternative cinema, not only feature films, melodramas, but documentary films (for example, "Walks with Brodsky", 2000) and even cartoons ("Rain on top", 2007, "Nika" award).

Among foreign paintings, the title of the best is sure to be received by the first premiere of 2015 from "Arthouse Traffic" - the film "A Man Who Was Too Loved" (France). This criminal melodrama went to the Russian hire on January 1 of the new year. In the lead roles - Catherine Deneuve and Guillaume Cane. Given the types of actors, it is worth making an independent opinion about this masterpiece.

It is noteworthy that the film is based on real events. In Nice, the daughter of a mistress of a luxury casino disappeared without a trace. And on the eve she betrayed her mother, telling about her affairs to local mafiosi ... It was many years ago, but in France the interest in the mysterious death of the girl and all this scandalous history has not settled down to this day. Moreover, the novel and the film have already been written about this. And recently the suspect for the third time was brought to trial ...

There will be no indifferent people

We hope, after reading this article, you will cease to be perplexed and ask: "Arthouse - what is it?" And you will be able to understand the alternative cinema. Perhaps it will even have to your liking. No one can not help but like, for example, "Mermaid" - the romantic melodrama of Anna Melkian. Or the film story "Closed spaces" - about the loneliness of adolescents, Igor Vorskla. For each criterion, according to which the best art house is determined, its own. As a contrast to the above options, "Pussycat" is a psychological comedy by Gregory of Constantinople. It is glued together from five mini-stories. In one hero - an infant, in another - a teenager, in the third, etc. - a successful businessman, an unsuccessful writer, an old ballerina. And each narrates about his life, so unlike all others ... And even the rap parable of Ivan Vyrypaev "Oxygen" will certainly cause a storm of positive emotions. Or abusive ... Here only, it seems, indifference will not be.

Abroad

Cinematographers of Italy, Germany, France, other countries can also boast of creating the best art house films. Suffice it to recall the drama "Chungking Express" (Hong Kong, directed by Wong Kar-Wai), Federico Fellini's autobiographical work "Mother's Sons" and "Nights of Cabiria" (Italy), "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa (Japan). But this is all a classic, inscribed in history already with an iron pen.

However, films of our days are also interesting: "Little finger of the Buddha" (Germany, 2013), "Zerkalo" (Belgium, 2013), "The road that he chooses" (Brazil, 2014) and others.

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As you know, the best advertising is a word of mouth. So you tell your friends and colleagues that they do not have a question: "Arthouse - what is it?" And what if they like it? And there will be more fans of this curious genre.

And small, chamber, so-called "arthouse" cinemas with their special atmosphere and the subsequent discussion of the film will increase. This is definitely not going to get pictures intended for a wide audience. It's also a festival film, and documentary films, and animation, and genre works.

Indeed, there is something to watch and think about. But especially pleased that our directors are not inferior to imported ones and create real masterpieces worthy of attention.